Posted on 08/06/2023 11:06:16 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
It was not the ending Megan Rapinoe had planned.
She went so far as to call it "dark comedy" and a "sick joke", such was her dismay.
After 17 years of putting herself on the line for the Stars and Stripes, the two-time Women's World Cup winner was in tears as she departed the global stage for the final time.
On Rapinoe's 202nd appearance for the USA, the defending world champions dramatically lost 5-4 on penalties to Sweden after a last-16 goalless draw in Melbourne.
Rapinoe, 38, ranks among the most successful players of her generation and announced before the tournament she would be retiring at the end of the season.
With the USA leading 3-2 on penalties on a tension-filled night, substitute Rapinoe missed her spot-kick before Sophia Smith and Kelley O'Hara also failed to score in the shootout.
When Lina Hurtig converted the decisive penalty by the finest of margins, eliminating the four-time world champions, Rapinoe was overcome with emotion.
The Olympic gold medal winner hoisted up her shirt in an attempt to hide her face.
Ten minutes after the game, the television cameras picked out Rapinoe being consoled by team-mate Lynn Williams after the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner's dream of ending her USA career on a high were dashed.
"This is like a sick joke," said Rapinoe. "For me personally, I'm just like, this is dark comedy. I missed a penalty."
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She will be known for her hatred of the USA and for missing that goal that lost the World Cup.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
And, then—extinct!
She was the one who lost by missing her penalty.
I thought she looked like she was laughing after the miss.
That’s an American thing. Much of Europe (including Sweden) has banned the tranny madness.
In Sweden it is illegal to:
* Give puberty blockers to minors
* Giver hormones to minors
* mutilate minors for gender madness
* “Gender affirming” is banned too (their way is called “watchful waiting”. They say “Growing up is confusing. Don’t worry if you are a girl and feel like a boy. It will likely pass. We’ll look at it later”)
It means after 90:00 of play time (soccer is two 45:00 halves which is timed from 0:00 -> 45:00 and the second half from 45:01 -> 90:00) which is kept by the referee. The laws of the game give the referee the power to add on time at the end of each held for time lost due to injury or undue delay
I think in international play there are two extra time periods (15:00 a piece) from 90:01 -> 105:00 and 105:01 -> 120:00
These are full time. It is not sudden death or “golden goal”
At the conclusion of these time periods if the game is still tied it is declared a draw. If a winner is necessary as in the case of the round of 16, then the game is decided by “taking of kicks from the penalty mark”
Each team alternates taking a shot from the penalty spot which is 12 yards from the goal. The Goalkeeper must be on the goal line when the ball is kicked. If one team in a best of five shots clearly prevails (ie score is 3-1 after four rounds) then that team wins. If the score is still tied after five rounds, the it is sudden death (or golden goal) head to head competition. Only the 11 players on the field at the end of the game are eligible and not substitutes are permitted. If a player was sent off during the match…I believe that the team who has more players also drop the 11th shooter to not permit an 11 vs 1 shooter if it goes that far
Thus the headline means
At the end of regular and over time the score was 0-0
Sweden won in taking of kicks from the mark 5-4 because the American player shooting in the fifth (considered the clutch player) missed.
The official final score is
0-0 with Sweden wining 5-4 in penalties.
Clear as mud?
I thought Sweden would win like 3-0. No way the US was good enough this time around to even make the semis.
Nobody watched it. But we weren't happy that they represented our country. It's supposed to be an honor. You put on that jersey, it's no longer about you. Or it used to be.
That's the job of the United States Soccer Federation. But they're letting politics get in the way.
Well I’m sure Megan will be the newest harpy on The View before too long.
I am disappointed. I missed seeing the anti-American team get their asses kicked.
I saw Rapinoe interviewed before the games, and she claimed all the dots had been connected for a INCLUSIVE winning team — straights, lesbians, non-whites, feminists, etc.
After 17 years of putting herself on the line for the Stars and Stripes,
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No she did not. That what the military does, not America-hating global socialists. Disgusting. Good riddance.
I agree with you. They are a bunch of prima Donna has beens. No chemistry, all ego. The notion of team is not present on the current gals World Cup team. Didn’t USSF bring them into parity pay with the guys?
They probably would have won if they could have had a couple of trannies to replace her and one of her dyke buddies.
Well... ‘bye.
I am celebrating their elimination! First good news from the sporting world in years!
Thank you, Sweden.
Yes! I have looked high and low, everywhere to find ANY sympathy for the so-called USA “women’s” team or Rapinoe and there is NONE. Everyone is mocking her and them, and blaming the purple haired freak for blowing the match. Twitter, FR, everywhere. No pitty or mercy. GOOD!
They're mocking her on TikTok too.
I doubt that the USSF will have learned their lesson as long as it's under the control of the Biden Administration. So they'll just repeat the same mistakes for the next World Cup in 2027.
She disrespected USA, GOOD RIDDANCE.
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